boeing decision

5:01 am

Thu December 5, 2013

St. Louis Machinists President: Keep 777X in Washington

The president of the machinists union in St. Louis says Boeing should build the 777X in Washington. And he’s angrily denying reports that his members would accept the Boeing contract recently rejected by Northwest machinists.

The Missouri Legislature is currently meeting in special session to consider a Boeing incentive package. This week, the Wall Street Journal’s aerospace reporter tweeted a claim by Republican lawmakers in Missouri. They said the state’s Gov. Jay Nixon had told them that Boeing machinists in St. Louis would accept a contract like the one Washington machinists soundly defeated last month. St. Louis machinists union president Gordon King says he saw a similar report on his local news.

“That is totally false. I have never spoke to the governor about that,” he said.